Racing Driver: How to Drive Racing Cars Step by Step

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W. W. Norton

Annotation: An interactive introduction to car racing that recreates the immediacy and excitement of being behind the wheel

Genre: [Sports and games]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #586250

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Edition Date: 2014 Release Date: 05/20/14

Pages: 47 pages

ISBN: 0-500-65026-8

ISBN 13: 978-0-500-65026-4

Dewey: 796.72

LCCN: 2013950862

Dimensions: 23 x 25 cm.

Subject Heading:
Stock car racing. Juvenile literature.
Automobiles, Racing. Juvenile literature.
Automobile racing drivers. Juvenile literature.
Stock car racing.
Automobiles, Racing.
Automobile racing drivers.

Language: English

Reviews:

ALA Booklist (Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)

Chapman's approach to race cars is a bit different than the many others on your shelves offers up a step-by-step guide to driving them. Well, all right, not exactly, but he addresses readers as "you" and puts them in the driver's seat. The format for each double-page topic is busy yet supplies logical information accompanied by color photographs and diagrams. After four sets of rules, he deviates from instructions to describe actual national and international races and the cars driven in these races. Readers interested in historical races and the cars (and drivers) that set records will pore over the photos and descriptions of cars from the early 1900s to the present, including rocket-propelled race cars that can break the sound barrier. Can any children's library have too many race-car books? Unlikely, so get the engines revving.

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ALA Booklist (Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 4-7

Racing Driver is a thrilling training course that shows children how to drive the world's fastest cars. Filled with stats and facts, the book includes basic mechanics and driving tips on track and off-road racing. Young readers who dream of becoming racing drivers can pore over cars and voraciously compile information. The "Pit Stop" section looks at car engineering and the science of driving. "On the Track" puts readers behind the wheel of a variety of vehicles --including stock cars, F1 cars, and sports racers--and shows how to speed off the grid, negotiate corners at high speed, and deal with spins and skids. There are also ID guides to different kinds of racing cars, including historical models. With a wealth of accurate information and a hands-on approach that will appeal to children, Racing Driver brings the excitement of a popular sport to life for the younger generation.

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